Join , subscribers and get a daily digest of news, geek trivia, and our feature articles. By submitting your email, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Although Apple does a pretty admirable job dragging old hardware along for each iOS update, every train has a final stop. The iPhone 4 is stuck at iOS 7.
With every new wave of iOS hardware, a little bit of the legacy hardware is left behind. While getting stuck on older software is par for the course, it can be frustrating. The way Apple has the App Store configured, you are always directed towards the newest version of an application. Before we walk you through that trick there is one minor and obvious caveat: the trick only works on apps that once had versions compatible with your OS. To get Comic Zeal on our iPad, we need to make a quick stop at either our computer or another, newer, iOS device.
Does it matter which you use? Fire up the app and search in the search box for the name of your application. Select the app in the search results. At this point, the app will install as expected and you can use it, albeit without the features present in the newer updates. It might not be the most convenient way to go about doing things, but this little workaround is a great way to breath life into old hardware. Browse All iPhone Articles Here we will show you how and what you need to do in order to download an older version of an iOS app from the App Store using this native feature of iOS.
Find the app you want to download and tap on it, before tapping Install. Step 3: At this point, the App Store will warn you that the current version of the app requires a version of iOS that you do not have installed. Still need help? Contact Us Contact Us. I have an older version of iOS, how can I download a version of the app which is compatible? Go to the Purchased screen. Tap the OK button just below the prompt to start the downloading of the older app version to your iPad. If you need older apps for that iPad, if you have a computer with an older version of iTunes version IF you own a computer with an older version of iTunes already on it, try using that version as an older iPad does not need the latest iTunes version.
If you have a computer, but NO iTunes on it, here is a link to the older Not sure of Windows PC system requirement. If you have already downloaded the recent Then directly across and near the center of the iTunes window, there are three category bars. Click on the App Store category bar. You won't be able to get WhatsApp on an iPhone 3G since it's not compatible; hacking solutions are not worth the trouble.
If by a home button app, you mean something like AssistiveTouch, I don't know of any. Is there any way to do this from your iPhone?
I'm looking to get an older version of NBA 2k13 the v1. If you don't have access to iTunes on a computer, the only other way to be offered an older version of an app is if you had a 2nd iOS device which is compatible with the latest version of the app.
Okay thank you. It's just that I hate the version of the game that I have now and would like the older version back. I cant believe this actually works, it's simple and works exactly how it says and the work around does work, thanks a lot for this help!!! I was becoming so discouraged with my iPad gen 1 hand-me-down. Not anymore - this workaround works and now my iPad is not just a boat anchor! One important detail I noticed was that when I used it for my iPod Touch 4th Gen after downloading in iTunes, back on the iPod there was an indication on the homepage that the App was downloading, but it never completed.
Then I went back to the App Store on the iPod, re-selected the App, selected install, and hey presto I was asked if I wanted the older version. Thanks one million for this clarification!!! I have a problem. I wish to download shadow fight 2 on a Ipod Touch do not know gen but is has iOS 5 it can run on the operating system yet it crashes on loading screen.
How do I download a older version of the app which will use less processing power? If your iPod is compatible with the latest version of an app, you won't be offered an older one. The only exception would be if you previously owned an older version of the app and it resides in your iTunes library, in which case you could refer to the "Downgrading Apps" section of this article.
This article allowed me to download older apps into an original iPad. I wonder have you find a solution? I have a go pro 4 and also want to use my old ipod touch 4th gen to control it. Do you know how? A way to get around this would be brilliant. I did everything I could to download the app that I had onto my iPad 1 original , and it installed okay, but when I tap on the app to open it, it goes black and then crashes.
How do I make it work properly please? By matti. It doesn't offer me the possiblity to download the last compatible version. I want to download the Soundcloud app. I guess, I tried to download the app 6 mouth ago and it offered me the last compatible version at that time.
Is it possible that there was a change with the introduction of iOS 8? No, you should still be able to download older versions of apps, there was no change with iOS 8. However, not all developers will let you download older versions of their apps. I would check with the developer of Soundcloud and see if they offer this. Thank you for this article!
NetFlix lives again on my resurrected 3G running albeit slowly iOS4. Thank you. I got a compatible version of Skype for my iPod 4th gen!!!
Thank you so much! It's really work for me, the workaround. The App requires iOS 7 so it won't let me download it from the App store. I tried getting the app on my computer then installing it on my synced device to get an older version but the message asking me if I want to install the older version never comes up.
It only says that I need iOS for the app to download. I had the previous version of the app on my ipod up until 10 min ago before I deleted it to download the new one before I knew that I needed iOS 7 for the app , but I don't know if I have ever backed up my ipod before to try to downgrade the current app.
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